Gavin Newsom

We honor and lift that work up.

4.3 million black people live in Texas, the largest number of black folk in any state, in any country, and in the union.

And look at that districting map.

How are their voices going to be represented?

So I want us to understand what we're seeing not only in Texas but around the country as a part of racial gerrymandering, as part of the racialist and racist agenda of the Trump administration.

I know we want to talk about it simply in terms of politics.

But there's something insidious underneath it all.

This is radical rigging of a midterm election, radical rigging of an election, destroying, vandalizing this democracy.

the rule of law.

So I'm sorry.

I know some people's sensibilities.

I respect and appreciate that.

But right now, with all due respect, we're walking down a damn different path.

We're fighting fire with fire.

I'm going to punch these sons of bitches in the mouth.

We see this as one of the greatest economic opportunities of our lifetime. And we want California to dominate in this space.

We see this as one of the greatest economic opportunities of our lifetime. And we want California to dominate in this space.

We see this as one of the greatest economic opportunities of our lifetime. And we want California to dominate in this space.

We work with experts. We literally were talking to some International Olympic Committee experts. We talked to our own state experts. We were trying to figure this out and couldn't figure it out. And that's my point of view, that I just couldn't figure out how to, quote unquote, make this fair.

We work with experts. We literally were talking to some International Olympic Committee experts. We talked to our own state experts. We were trying to figure this out and couldn't figure it out. And that's my point of view, that I just couldn't figure out how to, quote unquote, make this fair.